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Title: | A Business Process Analysis of the Surface Navy's Depot Maintenance Program |
Authors: | Donald S. Northrup |
Keywords: | Contract Strategy Depot Maintenance Fixed-Price Fees Ship Contracts |
Issue Date: | 30-Dec-2015 |
Publisher: | Acquisition Research Program |
Citation: | Published--Unlimited Distribution |
Series/Report no.: | Fixed-price NPS-LM-16-001 |
Abstract: | To maintain the Surface Fleet, the Navy spent approximately $7.2 billion in FY2015 and requested $7.8 billion for FY2016. In response to years of costs overruns and missed deadlines, the Navy wants to make better use of these funds by shifting from executing Multi-Ship Multi-Option Contracts with cost-plus fee types to Multi-Award contracts with fixed-price fees. The new contract choice will increase competition and shift risk to the contractor. This thesis conducts an in-depth analysis of the contract change process during execution of depot maintenance availabilities using five ships as case studies. It uses lean principles and lessons from buyer-supplier relationship studies to recommend improvements and to answer two questions. Is the Navys current construct prepared to execute a new contract strategy? Is this the best decision to reduce cost and meet schedule requirements? The thesis concludes that process improvement is required before shifting to a new contract strategy, and that improving the working relationship with the contractor is paramount to process improvement. |
Description: | Logistics Management / Graduate Student Research |
URI: | https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/2183 |
Appears in Collections: | NPS Graduate Student Theses & Reports |
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